Ambassador

Matthew T. Harrington

Ambassador Matthew T. Harrington

Matthew
T. Harrington, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, was nominated by
President Obama as Ambassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho in August 2013 and was
confirmed by the Senate on September 16, 2014.

He
recently completed a two-year assignment as the Director of the Office of
Analysis for Africa in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research. From 2010
to 2012, he served as Foreign Policy Advisor to the Commander of U.S. Army
South in San Antonio, Texas. He was posted as Deputy Chief of Mission at
the U.S. Embassy in Windhoek, Namibia from 2008 to 2010 and as Counselor for
Political and Economic Affairs in Lisbon, Portugal from 2005 to 2008.
From 2003 to 2005, he served as the Deputy Chief of Mission in Lome, Togo, and
from 2000 to 2003 as Political Officer in Harare, Zimbabwe. He has also served as the Sudan Desk Officer
in the Bureau of African Affairs, Watch Officer in the Operations Center, Political
Officer in Brasilia, Brazil, and Consular Officer in Accra, Ghana.

Prior to joining the Foreign Service in 1991, Mr.
Harrington worked as a Program Associate with the American Association of State
Colleges and Universities and, before that, as a Peace Corps Volunteer in
Zouerate, Mauritania. He earned a B.A. in history from Washington and Lee
University. Mr. Harrington has two wonderful
children, a 14-year-old son and a 10-year-old daughter.

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